Ducklings are now adults and we have surprises!

Ducklings update is long over due but better now than later. All five ducklings are full grown and huge. Out of the five babies we have 4 hens and 1 drake. Thank goodness, anymore drakes we would have to re-home them. Actually the only drake of the hatch is the only one with a name. He was named Bubbles.

Surprise!

Two of the ducks look to be part wild mallard. One for sure as she has full blue/teal on her wing tips. The other duckling that I believe is part wild mallard is Bubbles, as he too has blue/teal on his wings. Also the strangest part is they are both huge ducks. By size alone you would think they are Jumbo Pekin but in reality they are Buff/Blonde/Wild Mallard.

It does seem odd that the two part wild ducks are the largest. But they are Beautiful. The ducklings do have a very nice set of feathers. The personalities are showing.  All 5 of them stay in a group and the mommy ducks keep with them.

New Mommy

In the past weeks we have had three other ducks become broody. Two where looking real good but one of them lost their nest when we needed to keep the birds locked up for a day. I guess some ducks and chickens became restless and tore her nest apart. The duck tried to rebuild but she quickly found that the eggs have failed.

Luckily we have one hen who kept her nest and is doing a great job on sitting on it. She is a couple weeks into her brood. I am just hoping she is not wasting her time like a chicken we had, sat on a unfertilized nest for a month!  Hope to bring good news next week!